STOOD at the graveside of his son, Colin Greally told of his decade of agony on the anniversary of his boy’s death.

His son Philip, 20, was killed 10 years ago when he was kicked in the head by a horse in a freak accident in North Yorkshire.

And as Colin visited his son’s grave, he told how he was determined to keep his son’s memory alive.

The 48-year-old plans to raise money for Jack Berry House – a charity which looks after injured jockeys.

Yesterday Colin visited Philip’s grave at Lemington Cemetery to lay a wreath on the 10th anniversary.

He said: “It’s just so hard even now 10 years on. Just before he died, my wife spent every day at his bedside.

“She has never got over what happened even now. Although I will never forget my son, I’m trying hard to get on with life.

“We go to Philip’s grave every weekend, but yesterday was a special day.”

Philip, a former pupil at St Joseph’s Comprehensive in Hebburn, South Tyneside, had been working for racehorse trainer Mick Easterby at his yard at New House Farm, Sheriff Hutton, North Yorkshire, for four years when the accident happened.

He loved horses and dreamed of becoming a top jockey.

Colin said: “He was a very promising up-and-coming rider, and we hoped he would have made the grade.

“We will never know now – all we can do is think. It was heartbreaking to lose him at that age. We will never know if he was another Frankie Dettori.

“He loved horses. When he left school he saw an advert in the paper for the racing school and he went for it.

“I don’t know where he got it from.

“Both his grandfathers and I loved watching horses, but we never rode them.

“We went to see his first professional ride in Thirsk and we were all so proud of him.”

Since Philip’s death, Colin and his wife Sheila have thrown themselves into fundraising to raise cash for the Injured Jockey’s Fund, but now they are raising money for Jack Berry House.

“We just wanted to do something in Philip’s memory,” said Colin, a former taxi driver.

At the time of the accident Philip was taken to York General but was transferred to Leeds for surgery.

Sheila travelled to Leeds where she kept a vigil at her son’s bedside and Colin managed to get to the hospital hours before their son died.